The Panzerfaust

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

This is a re-post of one of my first popular videos. Added new audio and movie titles. Sorry, the old editing is a bit janky.

[@TheRandomGuy1011]

Ah, I was thinking, "didn't he already made a video like this?" Lol

[@ryang8915]

It’s great that you do this Johnny no point wasting a good idea especially if you can make your original video better

[@justhere4637]

Is the old one still up?

[@kimjongoof5000]

Will the M1 carbine video be remade in this case? Fight Might Jack and Daitetsujin 17 both have extensive footage

[@joshmeads]

How effective was the panzerfaust after it made a hit? Was it as good as hitting a tank with like a shell from a pak40?

[@scockery]

If you're not panzerfaust, you're last!

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Very nice.

[@armorbearer9702]

Good one!

[@stratzenigma3169]

Love it!!! It was not Panzerfast at all! Love your ending jokes!

[@ArthurMorgan_Gaming]

If you’re not panzerfaust you’re panzersch-recked

[@jd3689]

This is the last place I was expecting to see a Talladega Nights reference. But I welcome it

[@BinBintheRiceCake]

Germany: Makes a weapon where you have to get close for effective use on armor. Japan: Makes a weapon where you have to be able to see the driver of the armor you want to take out for effective use.

[@nelsonsham2368]

I mean certainly an improvement of range from German H3 magnetic mine, but now with a broom handle and contact fuse

[@bakatzen6243]

those lunge mines were horrible, to both parties.

[@2adamast]

Nitpicking, their magnetic mine is 3kg with a 4.5s delay, even fast you stay in the blast zone.

[@kellychuang8373]

Makes really good sense there.

[@ownage11445]

⁠@@2adamastyeah the stand off(over pressure+fragmentation) distance in a civilian environment for 5lbs of tnt is 850ft in open outdoors. 3kg(6.6lbs) with 4 sec delay isn’t enough to even turn around and look for cover.

[@dellawrence4323]

The Panzerfaust, it does what it says on the tin, it Fausts Panzers.

[@melonetankberry5211]

i like: "panzerfaust, it fists panzers." better. but to each their own.

[@The_Str4nger]

@@melonetankberry5211 I'm insisting on a fisting.

[@neilwilson5785]

Perfect comedy timing on the Jojo Rabbit clip at 1:07

[@AHappyCub]

Such a good movie too

[@andyzehner3347]

@@AHappyCub Gezundheit!

[@mbryson2899]

I was definitely pleased to see it included!

[@jefferyroy2566]

We are not amused by clever depictions of Adolf "Lonely Gonad" Schicklgruber. Signed, The Neun Millionen Holocaust Victims

[@legoeasycompany]

I really hate how Fury on one hand has some of the best grittiest deceptions of late war US actions, then on the other hand you can literally see the plot armor stronger than just the tank itself.

[@NoMoreCrumbs]

I like to think of it as being true to the feeling of being a tanker, not to the facts. In spite of being in a big steel box, everything keeps going from bad to worse for the crew. Also, you can always pretend that the men they fight are recent poorly-trained conscripts

[@legoeasycompany]

@@NoMoreCrumbs Doesn't clear up the AT gun ambush though, considering they literally solve that "problem" later on the same way with both the other AT gun and the Tiger tank. It did get the feelings of it well plus the whole dealing with the FNG great and other bits but there's basically no excuse for being realistic one point and then ignoring the same realistic solutions the next

[@carlost856]

If you're talking about the last battle, then it was hardly any more plot armoured then Audie Murphy's stand in the burning tank destroyer.

[@legoeasycompany]

@@carlost856 Oh no I don't blame the last battle because it has to be the climax, I'm mostly talking about the AT gun ambush with the rescuing of infantry by driving straight into the ambush site straight on to it. A smaller bit of other things but that scene there mainly broke the movie for me

[@ald1144]

FNG hooking up with an attractive young girl even though he must have smelled like week-old garbage may have been the most blatant piece of plot armor in the entire movie.

[@windsaw151]

That scene in "The Bridge" where the boy fires it indoors and hits the man who only wanted the best for him with the backblast was was one of the most haunting war movie scenes of my childhood.

[@welkingunther5417]

As it definitely would, and definitely shows an important lesson of such weapons: make sure nothing and nobody is behind you at all

[@MayumiC-chan9377]

Some of the pictures my husband has from his time doing peacekeeping in DRC for the SANDF they came across a militia cache and 10 of these Panzerfausts were laying next to RPG-7 and even Piats. My husband said ww2 weapons were everywhere in the DRC. He still wishes he could’ve gotten his hands on a STG-44 and Mp38.

[@AlexHalt100]

could`ve gotten. from HAVE. you know? have gotten. or do you of dinner?

[@mvximus3188]

Yes. The U.N. is very active in the DRC. ​@@JohnWayne22-b6w

[@rileygladue3979]

@@AlexHalt100 speak english

[@aidanpalmer1075]

​@rileygladue3979 it took a few reads, but I believe he was correcting a now edited out "could of". Though it could have been stated both more politely and more clearly.

[@kellychuang8373]

That's good and may want to tell Johnny about the RPG-7 idea as well. I think there's a version of that I saw in pictures which is the D version where it can be taken apart in 2 then screwed back up anyway really have a look into it.

[@matthewmcmacken6716]

Panzerscheck: 'DONKEY!'

[@BELCAN57]

It turns A tank into WAFFLES !

[@meatgod1026]

3:47 how NOT to fire a panzerfaust

[@hunter_0221]

Uh...yes. I think that has been sufficiently acknowledged by the fact that the soldier died immediately despite his mate screaming "HEY! NOT AGAINST THE CHEST" before.

[@eugenekoivisto9444]

In the movie he didn’t understand the training as he’s part of swedish speaking unit, which resulted in this

[@Drlrable]

The fact that other movies isn't how panzerfaust work and how it's not like that is supposedly not impenetrable in front of a KV tank and you can see it exploded quickly and begins to fire and it's supposed to kill crew member in the tank bringing a small amount of HE, but other just quickly explode the tank like a RPG weapon.

[@arlen_95]

Another great video as always, Johnny!

[@nursestoyland]

Deja vu really hitting hard

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

You must have been with me along time! New video out in two... three days at most. =)

[@eamonnclabby7067]

A fearsome weapon, and a fearsome delivery by Johnny.....thanks for this update....best wishes....E...

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thanks E. Always good to hear from ya.

[@israelforreal]

Oh boy..... that pun. Another great video. Thank you for your work.

[@cammobunker]

There are a lot of photos of Soviet T-34s in the battle of Berlin, and many of them show bed springs attached to the hulls and turrets. They are mounted so as to be a foot or more off the armor. The idea was to trigger the Panzerfaust warhead out away from the armor far enough to partially dissipate the jet formed by the shaped warhead of the projectile. Surprisingly it worked. Adding logs and sandbags the way US tankers did wasn't as effective and the added weight seriously degraded the vehicle's speed and mechanical reliability, to the point Patton banned such things in 3rd Army.

[@dubyaw9511]

Faust means fist in German, but Lucky in Latin. So I guess if you managed to fist a tank to death, youre real lucky

[@PeterT-i1w]

Just like "gift" means poison in Scandinavian languages. Considering their interactions with the Anglo-Saxons, it's probably not just a coincidence.

[@larrybrown1824]

Always enjoy your vids, JJ, even the reruns. LOL

[@BHuang92]

Interesting Fact: A Panzerfaust prototype with a pistol grip was captured by the Soviets and was one of the main inspirations for the development of the RPG-2.

[@ralfbaechle]

Where training would be needed is hitting moving vehicles. The Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck (And even the Panzerfaust 2 used in the 80s) projectiles are very slow so aiming is hard and the primitive iron sights of the early models turn this into a total guesswork.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

At 30 meters it's not that hard to hit anything. .

[@TellySavalas-or5hf]

nice video, but there are a few war films that could also have been included in your video. "Saint & Soldiers" the void " (2014) good Panzerfaust scene. The Dutch 3 part series the "Partisans" ("the partisans") from 1995. Here we are German paratroopers with Panzerfausts on their bicycles. And a Berlin battle scene in "Hitler's SS" from 1985. Look them up for the scenes.

[@rolfagten857]

Original title: De Partizanen from 1995 with Huub Stapel and actor Dirk Roofthooft did receive an TV award. Real story about the Limburg resistance fighter group who captured 30 german POW's.

[@paulwee1924dus]

@@rolfagten857 SS Sergeant Beck was a big problem for this Dutch resistance group.

[@alexbowman7582]

The panzerfaust relies on the Monroe effect where a shaped cavity explosive has greater penetration. The best acting cavity lining is copper although the Germans seemingly never realise this. The Monroe effect is reduced if the shell spins so they’re back fins stabilised.

[@Hoki4]

In the tali-ihantala movie it was not only the rushed training that caused the issues, but also language barrier. The soldier using the panzerfaust was soldier who spoke Swedish as his native language and training was given in Finnish only. And as some of you probably know, Finnish and Swedish are nowhere close to each other and people speaking either native language might not have any knowledge of the other.

[@blue387]

Ideas for future videos: M72 LAW, AT4

[@herbo343]

He already made those years ago

[@cm275]

He’s already made a video on the LAW. Don’t think there’s one on the AT4 but it’s not used that often in movies that I remember.

[@miguelfitzsimmy5610]

These videos are great, Johnny. How do you manage to source all these films?

[@JoeStuffzAlt]

What a crazy but cleverly-made weapon

[@JPSkinner1945]

No, Johnny you didn’t go over too armour fist. As always awesome job and many thanks!

[@HerbertTwack]

US tank crews started adding ad hoc armour in the form of logs and sandbags in the Bocage to protect against Panzerfaust's but I believe, in testing, the US Army found that the additional 'armour' often actually improved the effectiveness of the HEAT warhead, as it detonated further away from the hull, giving the copper jet penetrator more time to properly form. Later Panzerfausts had an elongated nose cone to increase the stand-off from the vehicle hull.

[@paulwee1924dus]

I also really liked the 2008 remake of "The Bridge". A bit different from the original but also with a strange panzerfaust accident.

[@FlorinSutu]

I saw the original and I liked it.

[@paulwee1924dus]

@@FlorinSutu The remake is a bit diffrent. It feels like a movie in the same "Fury" realm sphere . Look it up this 2008 remake. God bless you.

[@RichardGalli-r6i]

Great report! One Finn troop in the great battles of Jun/Jul '44 destroyed 8x Soviet tanks with German supplied panzerfausts. The last kill was catastrophic & the explosion also killed him [sorry I cannot remember his name!] Also, panzerfaust production was severely cut when a slave laborer [7 weeks life expectancy] lit up the explosive materials storage... & himself

[@SchrödingerKousae]

God that scene of the backblast to the face, and good god the scene with it right against the chest, I felt pain.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

About the Panzerfaust hitting the turret in _Fury_ - if the Loader's Body absorbed the jet and spreay of metal from the hit - then it might not have injured anyone else in the tank. As with all Heat type weapons - it all depends on what that jet of molten metal hits. If it hit's main gun ammunition - which a tank may be full of - then it'll blow up the whole tank - but - if it doesn't actually hit anything but the other wall of the tank - it might splash around some - but not kill anyone or do any real damage. All forms of penetration are like that - which is the reason that so often much of the crew may be able to abandon the tank. One of the problems with the earlier sabot rounds - was that the round was so hard - that it would just punch a hole in one side of the target - and maybe pass through it - going outside - but - if it didn't hit anything that would create a secondary explosion - nothing happened. So - what they did - was put a softer coating on the perpetrator - that would come off in molten flakes - and maybe set something on fire. The M-1 Abrams has all the main gun ammunition it it's Bussel. The loader stomps on a pedal that lowers the armored door to the magazine - gets a shell to load - and then the door closes when he takes his foot off the pedal. The sides of the Bussel - are designed to blow out - so if the magazine takes a hit - all the ammo that blows up - will just vent outside the tank. They had an M-1 get hit in the magazine in the Gulf War. The explosion stunned the crew and they left the tank but they were OK. Later, someone got in the tank started it up and it drove off. .

[@silverjohn6037]

If memory serves in Viet Nam American M48 tanks had a pretty high survival rate against the shaped charges used on RPG 7s. Supposedly only 1 in 10 rounds that hit actually penetrated and, of those, only 1 in 10 that penetrated resulted in the tank being destroyed. Those seem like a remarkably round numbers so they may have been exaggerated but they are usually used in reference to how poorly it's replacement, the M551 Sheridan, did by comparison. Because of the aluminum rather than steel hull and the way the ammunition had to be stored nearly every penetration resulted in destruction.

[@rolfagten857]

"the bridge" has a 2nd movie (remake) from 2008. Also with Panzerfaust action scenes.

[@paulwee1924dus]

Yes, i love the remake.

[@Bobbymaccys]

Panzerfaust walked so RPG could run

[@trollmaster4523]

Oh I remember that weapon, in the novel/manga Gate JSDF (basically good modern army VS evil Medieval Empire) a reconnaissance team managed to severely wound a huge flame dragon with that thing.... And easily kill a large armoured orge later on, in the novel its stated that the ogre is wearing 20 cms of iron.

[@alexbowman7582]

The panzershrek was an up calibre copy of the American bazooka.

[@gwarner99b]

At 3 minute "susceptible to poor quality control". This was sometime caused by heroic sabotage by slave workers. I saw a documentary which named a woman prisoner who did this and incited others. Unfortunately I have forgotten her name , which I regret - it should be remembered.

[@kdegraa]

The one thing I learned is don’t stand behind someone shooting one of these things.

[@MrWooaa]

Military history visualized has a good video about the number of tank casualties from various weapons in WW2.

[@chardaskie]

Oldie but a goodie. Second time just as good

[@IanS158]

Came for the content, stayed for the joke. Did not disappoint.

[@PitFriend1]

One kind of odd thing about tankers hanging things like logs or even putting concrete in their tanks for extra armor often had the opposite effect. They gave the panzerfaust warheads more standoff distance and gave the warheads more penetration. And the panzerfaust not completely destroying the tank wasn’t the only goofy thing. The Germans in the final battle had at least fifteen of the things and for some reason only used two of them.

[@PersonBeing-z9g]

2:21 bro really used a war Thunder killcam

[@billyponsonby]

‘Bring up the PIAT!’ reminds me that author Simon Lewis’ book called Making 'A Bridge Too Far' is a very enjoyable and interesting read.

[@thekhoifish0146]

This one brings back memories

[@tuulasman]

This person who shot panzerfaust against his chest was swedish volunteer. They didnt understand when officers trained them because they didnt speak same language. @Johnny Johnson

[@jeffyoung60]

In 1944 the Germans began supplying the Finns with Panzerfausts, typically the earlier models the 'klein' and the 'gross', which had a suicidal short range of 30 meters. Eventually the Finns received the improved, 60 meter Panzerfausts. The Finns desperately needed portable anti-tank weapons. The Finns started off the 1939 Winter War with only 37mm Bofors anti-tank cannons and a number of 20mm cannons useful against lightly armored vehicles. Reputedly the Finns received German Panzerschreck anti-tank rocket launchers, patterned after captured American M1A1 bazookas. Finnish WW2 films typically show the Panzerfaust in the 1944 Continuation War. But I don't recall the Panzerschreck being used.

[@whiskey_tango_foxtrot__]

A Panzer Shriek you say? Big and green?

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

DONKEY!

[@-MATER.DEI-]

Ah yes before the RPG,there was the Panzerfaust.

[@michaellynes3540]

1:07 You klutz.

[@naukkarais]

3:42 The guy who put the panzerfaust to his chest is a Swedish speaker, so he didn't understand what the Lieutenant told others at 1:14

[@BobbyBingo]

When are you doing a video on the Lee-Enfield??

[@KapitanPisoar1]

Fury is "a decent movie with FEW mistakes"? You gotta be kidding...

[@KyleMiddleton7]

To be fair, the panzerfaust did hit Jon Bernthal. I'm actually surprised it penetrated at all.

[@teroygaming447]

For future videos: WA 2000, SVD, PSG-1, Barrett M82

[@NTAD]

True accuracy aside, Bernthal's death scene in Fury is one of the most unsettling due to its realism. Many times we see tanks hit with ordnance in films and often it just results in a spectacular explosion that instantly annihilates the crew and leaves everything else to the imagination. But this scene serves as a reminder that in real life it tends to be a lot more gruesome than that...not to imply that human barbeque isn't gruesome itself. A lot of the time though, rounds just went right through the tank leaving big holes in the men inside it.

[@TheNotoriousMrDee]

Like the scene in Black Hawk Down; the RPG round doesn't explode and just gets lodged halfway through a HMMVW driver's torso.

[@NTAD]

@TheNotoriousMrDee And takes his arm off. Yeah thought about that one too when I was typing earlier. That was a deuce though, not a humvee.

[@MGB-learning]

Great video

[@johanstahl1497]

The trailer of psx Medal of Honor mentioned the panzerfaust although both the protagonist and the German equipped with bazooka and panzerschreck.

[@minuteman4199]

1944 is a very good movie. I think it has another name, but it is available on youtube.

[@raigarmullerson4838]

Ayooo cheers from Estonia.

[@hijiriyukari]

I'm surprised there are a lot of near to realistic depiction of panzerfaust shot in movies

[@geordiedog1749]

No assertions against the PIAT please. It’ll only end in tears.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Never. I just love that scene!

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Yeah. Recoilless weapons having a back blast like that is common. Same thing with Recoilless Rifles. These weapons have a perforated shell casing - so instead of the discharge of the shell creating a recoil in the weapon - the Gas just vents through all those hundred of holes. They have some kind of sealant holding the hole closed that the gas just shoots right through. The Chinese Captured some in Korea and they all gathered around the back of the weapon when they fired it ... Of course - after the first time they learned not to do that. Another weapon that caused problems for people who captured one - was the Japanese Grenade Launcher the Americans Referred to as a Knee Mortar. Some people who captured one would actually put the base of it on their knee to fire it - and become injured. It was fired with the base on the ground or against a tree or some other solid object. There are inherent dangers to people using weapons they've not been trained on. .

[@armorbearer9702]

So this is the weapon they gave the rookie in the squad?

[@Godzilla00X]

Panzer Shrek and donkey on another whirlwind adventure

[@Chris_the_Dingo]

I'm semi ashamed to admit I never heard of panzerfaust until my son was playing Call of Duty: Finest Hour years ago

[@Vatniks_are_clowns]

Nothing to be ashamed of 😊

[@NotBedwarsDad]

Nothin to be ashamed of i didnt learn till playin cod 1 (not finest hour)

[@predetor911]

I learned about it from Medal of Honor: Underground 😄

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

I knew about them - but then I'm a big nerd who spent 9 years of my life getting a Masters Degree in History - before working on an Engineering Degree I could actually get a job with. So - I'll not be blaming anyone who hasn't done that. .

[@killzoneisa]

You may want to put the German name of The Bridge or you have people ending up with 2011 show when trying to find it.

[@blank557]

The Soviets late in the war would put bed spring mattresses and mental screens when they could find them on their tanks to offset the Panzerfaust blast from hitting their main armor.

[@Kuschel_K]

Unlike the Panzerschreck the Panzerfaust had a bottom fuze instead of a contact fuze, which was less sensitive. Thus it could easily ricochet from heavily sloped armor or get deflected from wire meshes, without fuzing.

[@TheNotoriousMrDee]

​@@Kuschel_K that's a pretty extreme design flaw.

[@Gabriel-Films]

Theres something missing in a ww2 movie, when theres no panzerfaust included.

[@subaruadventures]

It must have not been that effective as it could not take out one stationary Sherman tank at a cross roads.

[@aliendeathpunch7044]

Great video now do one on its descendants panzerfaust 2 and 3. 😁

[@JustPassingBy90]

Never forget vanguard made the damn thing able to reload

[@tanaziolopez1936]

Some models could be reloaded

[@MyRanger12]

Basically a EFP

[@454FatJack]

1:21 🇫🇮Armoured Brigade anti tank company lieutenant. Only member’s of it may have those collar patches. Black = armour,orange anti-tank

[@padawanmage71]

Always thought you held it on your shoulder, not under it 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@vortega472]

Do you have kids Johny? If not, but you want them - you're gonna make a great dad.

[@gamereditor59ner22]

Is this weapon gave the Soviet the idea to heavily modified to RPG, and RPG-7?

[@Kuschel_K]

Well the RPG-2 is basically a Panzerfaust 150.

[@gamereditor59ner22]

@@Kuschel_K True.

[@dingdongyo6018]

This is a classic !

[@paulwee1924dus]

ja genau !

[@masudashizue777]

Hate to imagine what that thing would do to a person.

[@luisloco3979]

I am waiting for the explanation about the fn m 1900 pistol

[@alexbowman7582]

During operation Nordwind an American bazooka took out a Jagdtiger.

[@FlorinSutu]

Hard to believe, unless it was a lucky shot from behind.

[@alexbowman7582]

@@FlorinSutuI think it was from the side but it’s likely propaganda much like that story of the Greyhound 37mm destroying a Tiger from the rear close up, certainly possible.

[@gooraway1]

Panzerific video I had a blast

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

💥 💥

[@wifi_soldier5076]

the soviets also used them in large numbers. often against building ect rather than against tanks.

[@rbgerald2469]

True. Enlisted makes light of this by having your demo/anti tank squad from the Soviets optionally equipped with Panzerfaust 60s.

[@dorsetgamer3600]

I used a panzerfaust yesterday on enlisted, I was in a bunker and a ai soldier decided to run behind me as I fired it

[@predetor911]

I always thought the design looked very funny, like a football on a stick 😂

[@Mag_Aoidh]

Effective unless you’re fighting a Sherman commanded by Brad Pitt…

[@TheNotoriousMrDee]

The long barrel 79mm also thickens the plot armor by 15mm.

[@FP194]

It’s a movie not a documentary

[@Killjoy45]

1:57 Yeah, and later in the same movie they shoot multiple Panzerfausts towards a tank that's not only stationary, but has also it's tracks broken. But because it has the main heroes inside it, then of course they all of sudden are the worst AT-weapons ever...

[@XandateOfHeaven]

Its ironic that the conventional (but not really true) view of German technology is always high tech but over engineered. But they probably did more damage with relatively cheap low-tech solutions like the panzerfaust and 88 than they did with heavy tanks and jet fighters.

[@christianweibrecht6555]

What happened to all the remaining ones after the war in Europe ended? Learning about the Korean war , these would’ve been very useful for South Korean forces in 1950

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Eh ... not so sure. The Americans had their early smaller Bazooka's - that were ineffective against the T-34/85's the North Koreans had - but - they also had a 3.5" version that did much better. .

[@jasperzanovich2504]

It's the other infamous weapon the that inspired the Sovjets to make more infamous weapons.

[@Snuffy03]

I want a dozen of those.

[@warpartyattheoutpost4987]

That's goethe.

[@jordanthomas4379]

Was the Piat better than the Panzerfaust?

[@Kuschel_K]

Overall the Panzerfaust was the better design. The Piat is just too heavy and has little range and the Panzerfaust was cheap and quick to manufacture.

[@PearlBird1]

hanz get ze panzerfaust

[@zumbazumba1]

I saw a video if a guy disassembling one on youtube ,they are not that simple to manufacture for 1 time use. Fire mechanism was complex ,also there are threads on warhead,body is simple tube thou. Range was short because they used black powder as propellant ,not a rocket motor like in bazooka .

[@isaacrodriguez4773]

In Girls und panzer Miho has a Panzerfaust in her Apartment.

[@kentuckyace1068]

Ain't it also implied that it's not only live, but also not the only piece of live ordinance in her apartment

[@MrPathorn]

Why didn't they add Rocket motor to it?

[@smittydubs3639]

Does bro play enlisted? 2:22

[@whoareyou1034]

Could also be war thunder with a HEAT round

[@Lavachips]

Its basically the same game with tanks

[@Willchannel90]

Their rifle like bazooka.

[@shaneo12323]

Algorithm comment. Love your vids johhny keep it up!!!!

[@monostripezebras]

they say it fausts panzers..

[@robmeglaughlin325]

Fury has more holes in it than a block of swiss cheese!